This collection of short stories was the first Borges had published. The stories are all about crimes and apparently most are based on true stories. Reading the preface to the second edition it would seem that the author himself did not really like this book for the reason that he was retelling other peoples stories and not creating his own. Similarly most critics seem to treat it as a prelude to his later 'better' works. But I really really enjoyed this book, his style of telling the story with out too much 'local flavour' some how made the tales seem all the more real. As to if Borges' work really did get beter after this I will let you know as I am working my way through all the Fictions : )
8/10
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